Now why can't we do more of this in New Zealand? Everywhere you go in Holland you see wind turbines. Not a great big farm of dozens, but four or five or six in a cluster. They are on the outskirts of urban areas, along the motorways, on farm land and, I gather, out to sea. The ones above were on the shore at Enkhuisen. I find them very beautiful and certainly a lot more aesthetically pleasing than most modern technology. I don't know whether there are debates about their siting as in New Zealand - I guess Holland's history of windmills and the relative absence of alternatives makes them more acceptable.
I think they're a great idea. Very graceful looking.
ReplyDeleteThey are seen as visual blots on the landscape and they can generate some noise but as you say .. in Holland they are used to older versions of these so definitely more acceptable. I agree we need to use nature to our advantage more.
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